Cape Cod Canal Early March Report: Cold Water Schoolies and Bottom Bite Building

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1:02Sun's up around 6am and sets just after 5.30 pm, with about 10.5 hours of light per tides. Four fishing, air temps are running in the 30s to low 40s, light northwest breeze, typical early March chill. Waters cold, hovering in the mid 30s to very low 40s according to regional marine reports, so we're still firmly in winter mode. Fish activity in the canal itself is quiet, as you'd expect this time of year. No recent reports of keeper strippers inside the big ditch. Most of the winter striked bass are still staging south, and the holdovers are up in rivers and estuaries. A couple of local guys poking around the herring run and in the railroad bridge edges have scratched a few small schoolies on bloodworms and soft plastics, but it's far from a blitz. Most of the more consistent action right now is bottom fishing, just outside the canal in Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay, where Buzzards Bay tide charts show good moving water through mid-day. Species in play, a handful of schooly strippers,

2:04some winter flounder nosing around sandy pockets, plus mixed cod and fog for the few running out deeper. No big numbers of bait yet. We're still a few weeks out from real herring pushes, and the first serious canal bite. Best bets for lures go small, slow, and subtle. Three, four-inch soft plastics on one half, three-quarters ounces jig heads in white or olive. Slim metal, like cast masters, are deadly dicks bounced right along bottom. Small bucktail jigs tip with a strip of pork rind or gulp. Per bait, bloodworms, and seaworms will out-produce artificial on the coldest days. Fresh clam strips on a high-low rig are good call if you're soaking bottom around the east end, looking for flounder or the orderly striper. Couple of hot spots to try to. Railroad bridge area, borne side, fish the seam lines on the first of the east current with small jigs and worms. Danceye correction, herring run, state pure stretch on the Sagamore side,

3:06work the edges of the channel and any warmer pockets on the last of the flood and first of the ebb. As always, mind the rocks, the current, and those steep banks. Early season footing can be slick, and the canal doesn't give second chances. Thanks for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for more reports in local intel. This has been a quiet police production. For more, check out quietplease.ai. Toyota's time-tested legacy of dependability. Step into a tundra and feel the unyielding capability with the available iForce Max engine. Tundra puts out impressive power, torque, and towing performance and the roomy high-tech cabin keeps you connected on the go. Or take a look at Tacoma made for drivers who push past the path. Agile, tough and relentless with available features like crawl control, portable JBL speaker, a power lift gate, so gear goes in fast, and the adventure keeps moving. The Tacoma and Tundra are engineered to endure

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